Glenn Beck: Salon.com's Crazy Person Of The Year 2009

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Crazy of the Year!
2009 will be remembered as the year that one man's craziness gripped America with fear



The staff and readers of Salon had a big debate over choosing Glenn Beck our "Crazy Person of the Year." As we stated in the introduction to "The Year in Crazy," we disqualified certain media stars -- Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly -- and some GOP leaders -- Sarah Palin and Liz Cheney -- whose crazy behavior was purely opportunistic. We rejected prominent people who had a crazy belief or two -- Whoopi Goldberg casting doubt on the moon landing -- but didn't seem driven by crazy.

Only one man was crazy enough to possibly trick us. Only one man stood on a media platform comparable to O'Reilly's and Limbaugh's, and delivered a crazy shtick that was so over the top that sometimes you'd say: He doesn't believe any of this, right? The tears, the shaking, the hysteria -- it's all an act, right? And sometimes you'd say, "Get the nets, Fox News!"

Yes, that man is Glenn Beck, and we come down on the side of "Get the nets!" An overview of Beck's career shows that his success is equal parts talent, timing, cruelty and crazy.

The man who would be King of the Crazies emerged when nut-job America really needed a leader. Since he started his career as a prank-and-smear shock jock with a bad perm, one who once called a rival DJ's wife on the air live to ask her about her miscarriage, it's clear Beck will do anything for attention. But, somehow, the anything always involves a big helping of crazy.

http://www.salon.com/news/the_year_in_crazy_2009/2009/12/16/glenn_beck

There was no other clear choice this year. Perhaps Limpballs came close a couple of times but nothing can top Beck's insanity.

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1. Glenn Beck Forced To Have Sex With His Mother and Stepbrother?

If this is true, then it's no wonder he's so ill. Here's what I found online:

This is what's starting to go around online.......Hopefully it's not true, but people are starting to talk about it as if it is. Here's what I found:

Glenn Beck was forced to have sex with his mother and
step-brother. Beck has been able to keep this hidden from the public, but this is why his mother killed herself in Puget sound years ago.
His stepbrother also killed himself so it's no wonder this man is out of his mind. His mother belonged to the "Sex Cult" Children of God.
Glenn was forced to have sex with his mother and stepbrother and the result is this crazy man who is being exploited by Fox.
I'm not making excuses for Beck, but he does need some psychiatric help before he ends up killing himself as well.
He's a recovering drug addict and alcoholic, he suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and he has a child with cerebral palsy.
This guy has been through a lot and Fox gives him a venue to spew his
apocalyptic psychotic view of the future capturing the feelings of an alienated and psychologically ill fan base. This is all so sad.

Just thought you should know in case you haven't heard or seen it yet.
LJH

[Initech]

2. He also loves rape as evidenced by his "comedy" show.